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The Hobbit: Bilbo BagginsBilbo Baggins did not appreciate all the dwarves dropping by his house unannounced. He knew when they appeared something was about to change.
Bilbo did now want to go on the trip at all. He did not want to be the burglar, but he went along any way. In the book it took him a little while to step ...
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Moby DickAhab's epic battle against the whale Moby Dick. The narrator, Ishmael, has experience as a sailor but intends to go whaling for the first time. While staying at an inn he meets Queequeg, a harpooner from the South Pacific who is adorned with tattoos. The two men eventually become friends and the ...
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Old Man And The SeaPrinciple #1
Consider all possibilities before you act
Summary
When the old man is being towed away by the fish, he begins to consider what he should do to help stop the fish from continuing to do what it is doing. He starts to think he should "make the line fast", but he realized that the ...
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Huckleberry Finn: A Book of LiesStephanie Assimonye
PIB English 2: Hour 5
Ms. Hutton
30 March 2012
A Book of Lies
Thesis: Lies and deceit are prominent characteristics of many of the characters.
* Throughout The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer, Huck's best friend constantly lies childishly in order to ...
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A Summary of Fahrenheit 451Guy Montag is a fireman who burns books in a futuristic American city. In Montag’s world, firemen start fires rather than putting them out. Montag encounters a gentle seventeen-year-old girl named Clarisse McClellan, who opens his eyes to the emptiness of his life with her innocently penetrating ...
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Brave New WorldBrave New World Essay: Prompt # 2
In the novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, John who is also known as John the Savage, is cursed to a life isolated from everybody else because of his beliefs, values, appearance, and most outrageous thoughts. John is dressed like an Indian, with his ...
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The Great Gatsby: The Conflicts with Love and MoneyThe Conflicts with Love and Money
In the "The Great Gatsby", by F. Scott Fitzgerald, money is one of the most important things in the world. Daisy, Jordan, and Myrtle lust for money. The men of novel, Gatsby, Nick, and Tom, all have spent their lives building up wealth and status to impress and ...
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To Kill A MockingbirdHarper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird portrays life through a young girl’s eyes as she grows up and begins to realize that everything is not just black and white. During a time where blacks were basically thought of as dirt, and little girls were expected to sit still and learn their domestic duties, ...
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Lord of the FliesJack and the beast
Jack created the idea of a mysterious beast that no one has seen in order to make the members of his gang fearful. By instilling fear, Jack tries to make himself out to be a better leader than Ralph by offering his gang protection from the beast. By constantly alluding to the ...
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The Evolution of God Book ReviewMing Zeng
John Martin
Wake Tech
World Civilization I
Robert Wright (b. 1957), a prize-winning author of best-selling books about science, an American journalist, and a scholar. Mr. Wright wrote, New York Times bestseller, The Evolution of God (2009) and won a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. ...
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Huck FinnThe novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain has been disputably called “one of the world’s great books and one of the central documents of American culture” (Lionel Trilling 327) and I am one of the opposition to this thought. The question one must ask when reading Huck Finn is “Why ...
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FrankensteinSummary
So begins Victor’s tale, which he starts just before his own birth. His father, Alphonse Frankenstein, was a hard-working public figure who did not marry until late in life.
Alphonse had a close friend in a Mr. Beaufort, who had moved from Geneva to Lucerne in order to seek refuge ...
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Nick's Role in the Great GatsbyBrent Thames
Ms. Forrester
English 11 H
31 September 2012
Nick Carraway is the first character the audience meets in The Great Gatsby. From the first chapter on, Nick makes connections between characters and events that are crucial in helping the story progress. Without Nick being present ...
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Great Gatsby: The Eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg* Explore the portrayal of a theme, symbol or idea in the novel and its transfer to film
+ T.J. Eckleberg
* A big brother
* God
* Mr. Wilson's experience after Myrtle's death
* Nick's description of Dr. T.J. Eckleberg
The eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg are more important then Dr. T.J. ...
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12 Angry Men12 Angry Men emphasizes the importance of fighting for one's beliefs. Henry Fonda's character is singled out because he has the courage to trust his instinct regarding the innocence of the boy on trial. The other men simply wanted to agree and escape the stuffy room; they did not truly care about ...
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Cosmic377825-401320
Cosmic is a novel by Frank Cottrell Boyce which fixates on an abnormally tall & hairy 12 year old boy called Liam Digby and his urge for rides. Liam's dad decides to give him his old Drax phone, which is equivalent to an iphone in our world, as he has got a new one, the phone is ...
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Victor Reservation BluesFor many years, the effects of dominantly white cultures have been evident. In Reservation Blues by Sherman Alexie, and Notes of a Native Speaker by Eric Liu, both authors delve into the issue of white supremacy and its effect on minority groups. In Alexie’s novel, it is clear that many of the ...
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Lord of the Flies & They Cage the Animals at Night“In literature, evil often triumphs, but never conquers”. Every story needs a conflict. The most universal conflict is the struggle between good and evil. Sometimes evil must succeed to have a deeper impact on the readers. However, in the end good will always be victorious. The books Lord of the ...
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Outcasts United Reflective PaperTanner McMullen
As I finished reading the book "Outcasts United," there was a couple things I reflected and concluded upon once finished. The motley crew from Somalia, Iraq, Liberia, and Afghanistan do well under her hardship. Luma made sure the kids don't only mix with other kids of their ...
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Heart of Darkness Post-ColonialismPost-colonialism reading
(2 pages)
In my opinion, I think that the African characters in Heart of Darkness are not presented as individuals but as stereotypes, and through stereotypes Conrad is saying the opposite of what Africans are or misjudging them. It is a negative that Conrad uses one ...
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Analysis of MeursaultEssay 1, Prompt 2
By Justin Williams (1A)
Albert Camus in his novel, The Stranger, presents a truly intriguing character. Meursault, the protagonist, in the beginning seems completely immoral and unfeeling. However, Camus, over the course of the story develops a much more appealing ...
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The Role of Adults in Lord of the FliesMariam Salama
Hour 2/ Olson
May 1, 2011
Who's to save them?
It's a gross understatement to say that William Golding's endlessly symbolic novel, The Lord of the Flies, changes one's perspective on the faults of civilization and government. By use of powerful allegorical connections between ...
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Frankenstein vs Grendel"Frankenstein" written by Mary Shelley is a gothic novel that shares a failed experiment, conducted by Victor Frankenstein, which created a monster. The monster in itself is very unique character, especially because it was created by multiple body parts and electricity. The monster expresses, ...
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Huckleberry Finn's Moral DevelopmentThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, demonstrates Huck's moral development as he encounters new people and a series of new events. During his adventures, Huck has always been taught from society to view black people as inferior. However, his conscience allows him to rise above ...
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The Scarlet Letter: Analysis of the Time PeriodsThe Scarlet Letter
Pre-reading Activity
Analysis of the Time Periods
In order to understand the novel The Scarlet Letter, you will need to know about the time period in which it was set as well as the time period in which it was written. Before you begin your research, however, there are some ...
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